Sean Strickland raised his hands in awe as he emerged as a strictly champion Saturday night. It marks the dawn of a new fast-approaching era with Israel Adesanya being dethroned and with apparent good sportsmanship and integrity for MMA. Adesanya is arguably regarded as the most tooled, graceful striker in the sport, and unfortunately, ends were not meeting as Strickland, “Tarzan,” out-righted his way towards the most successful UFC middleweight upset of all-time.
Before rising to stardom, Strickland was used to the sounds of cooked-up meth by his none other abusive father in a trailer. It was not long before Strickland would find himself in the post-press conference of UFC 293 with the coveted championship beating on Adesanya and his deceased dog. There have been claims in the past about Strickland but all fans can get behind for sure is that Tarzan is no inapparent champion.
At the fights weighing in, Strickland cut out bad (184.8). Nonetheless, he fought and delivered accurate good strikes. There were several takedowns, but they were least effective enough to almost strike Israel in the early going. Israel did not come prepared for this fight. Conditioning-wise, yes, but expect a qualifying rematch, folks.
Strickland vs. Adesanya: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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